Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Education: SGER: Leading Edge

WGBH正在进行研究和测试一个创新的科学杂志电视系列，致力于公众对研究的理解。该节目将呈现突破性的研究新闻和对科学潜在趋势和问题的报道。它还将包括长时间的实验或实验室工作的故事，科学家的简介，发明和发现的故事，以及更多纯粹的娱乐项目。该项目非常强调与其他媒体开发商的合作方式，特别是网络和博物馆展览设计师，以加深展览的影响，而不是直接播出。在研究阶段，WGBH将召集一组科学家、非正式教育工作者和其他潜在的合作者，调查合作方法所涉及的参数。他们还将制作和测试样本程序片段，以确定哪种格式可能最有效。此外，WGBH将开始寻找有知识和表达能力的上镜人才来主持这样的节目。在研究阶段将审查的问题包括：如何在不同的媒体之间协调研究和制作工作，如何在提供有关研究的公共信息的不同组织之间共享设施和基础设施，如何定制新的电视格式以允许地方电视台和科学中心将其与当地事件联系起来，以及哪种格式可能最有效地吸引公众，使他们对多个节目保持兴趣，并传达研究的实质性信息。

WGBH is conducting research and testing an innovative science magazine television series dedicated to the public understanding of research. The show will present both breaking research news and reports on underlying trends and issues in science. It will also feature stories that follow experiments or lab work over extended periods, profiles of scientists, stories of invention and discovery, and more purely entertaining items. The project places strong emphasis on a collaborative approach with other media developers, notably web and museum exhibit designers, to deepen the impact of the show beyond its immediate broadcast. During the research phase, WGBH will convene a group of scientists, informal educators and other potential collaborators to investigate the parameters involved in a collaborative approach. They also will produce and test sample program segments to determine what formats may be most effective. In addition, WGBH will begin looking for on-camera talent who has the knowledge and presentation ability to carry such a program. The questions that will be examined in the research phase include: how research and production efforts can be coordinated across different media, how facilities and infrastructure might be shared among different organizations providing public information about research, how the new television format might be customized to allow local television stations and science centers to link it with local events, and what formats may be most effective in engaging the public, holding their interest over multiple programs, and conveying substantive information about research.